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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”